Category Archives: 2018

Munich – Annual Meeting

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Ben Freedman Year in review: Screening for Atrial Fibrillation
Mårten Rosenqvist Update on current and planned outcome studies
Jonathan Mant Status of UK primary care screening study
John Eikelboom Covert AF in Vascular Prevention Trials:  Lessons from COMPASS and NAVIGATE ESUS – [download will be available early 2019]
Barbara Casadei UK Biobank study
Jeff Healey Treatment of subclinical AF
Renate Schnabel
Ben Freedman
Controversies and key points for post-stroke white paper
Mintu Turakhia Testing new AF screening methods at scale – [slides not available – more information is available at this link]
Ben Freedman Future activities and meetings

Munich – HRS Symposia

Thursday May 10, 2018
10:30 am to 12 pm
Ballroom East BCEC

Featured Symposium:  B-013 Contemporary Management of Atrial Fibrillation: Stroke Prevention
A. J. Camm Selection of Oral Anticoagulant Agents for Thromboembolic Prophylaxis in Non-Valvular Atrial Fibrillation
B. Freedman Screening for Asymptomatic AF in the Population (Without Implanted Devices): Where Do We Stand?”
J. S. Healey Subclinical AF Detected By Implanted Devices: Should We Anticoagulate?
H. Calkins Should Oral Anticoagulation Be Discontinued Following AF Ablation?

Munich – ESC Symposia

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Date Time Title Speaker Location Session
Sat Aug 25 9:00-10:30 AFib – Stroke Prevention Symposium Chaired by M. Ezekowitz, L. Fauchier Madrid Village 6 Symposium
Sun Aug 26 10:05-10:55 AF SMART: Electronic tools and system for atrial fibrillation screening in general practice: automated prompts, electronic decision support and data extraction, all integrated with clinical software J Orchard Exhibition 3 Digital Health Stage
Sun Aug 26 11:45 Identifying the undiagnosed AF patient through ‘Know Your Pulse’ community pharmacy based events held in ten countries during Arrhythmia Alliance World Heart Rhythm Week 2017 N. Breakwell Agora 2 – Agora Rapid Fire Abstract
Sun Aug 26 12:03 Mass screening for atrial fibrillation using n-terminal pro b-type natriuretic peptide – preliminary results from the strokestop 2 study K. Kemp Gudmundsdottir Agora 2 – Agora Rapid Fire Abstract
Sun Aug 26 8:30 – 12:30 A comparison of intermittent and continuous event recording in population screening for atrial fibrillation T. Fredriksson Poster Area Poster Session 2
Sun Aug 26 8:30 – 12:30 Assessment of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level in the screening for atrial fibrillation in the primary health care F. Ghazal Poster Area Poster Session 2
Sun Aug 26 8:30 – 12:30 Use of a smartphone electrocardiogram, electronic prompts and electronic decision support for atrial fibrillation screening in metropolitan general practices J. Orchard Poster Area Poster Session 2
Sun Aug 26 8:30 – 12:30 Comparing atrial fibrillation detection algorithms in smart devices on validated mobile ECG data J. Eckstein Poster Area Poster Session 2
Sun Aug 26 14:00 – 18:00 Clinical characteristics of an elderly population with screening-detected elevated NT-proBNP levels without previous diagnosis of heart failure or atrial fibrillation (Substudy of STROKESTOP II) F. Al-Khalili Poster Area Session 3
 
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Mon Aug 27 8.30-10.00 Handheld ECG devices for the detection of atrial fibrillation – State of the art N. Lowres Digital Health Stage- Exhibition 3 Chronic nursing care symposium
Mon Aug 27 8.30-10.00 Handheld ECG devices for the detection of atrial fibrillation – The role of the nurse and allied health professionals. L. Neubeck Digital Health Stage- Exhibition 3 Chronic nursing care symposium
Mon Aug 27 08:30 – 10:00 AFib – The “Big Picture” Chaired by R. Schilling, C. Blomstrom-Lundqvist Madrid Village 6 Special Session
Mon Aug 27 11:00 Screening for atrial fibrillation:  modern alternatives L. Neubeck Madrid Village 6 Chronic nursing care symposium
Mon Aug 27 13:00 – 14:00 Spectrum of non-valvular atrial fibrillation: burden of disease Chaired by J. Camm Bratislava – Village 2 Satellite symposium
Mon Aug 27 13:00 Stroke prevention – How broad is the spectrum of atrial fibrillation? J. Camm Bratislava – Village 2 Satellite symposium
Mon Aug 27 13:15 Roadmap for AF detection – Why, where and how to search? B. Freedman Bratislava – Village 2 Satellite symposium
Mon Aug 27 13:55 Panel discussion – Spectrum of non-valvular atrial fibrillation: burden of disease. Chaired by J. Camm, B. Freedman Bratislava – Village 2 Satellite symposium
Tue Aug 28 14:00-18:00 Implementation of screening for atrial fibrillation in general practice with a single-lead ECG: A cluster randomized controlled trial F. Kaasenbrood Poster Area Poster Session 7
Tue Aug 28 14:00-18:00 Pulse palpation and history of palpitations in atrial fibrillation screening – preliminary results from the strokestop 2 study K. Kemp Gudmundsdottir Poster Area Poster Session 7